Dave Buerstetta on striving to do justice and love others while walking humbly with God
I recently shared this post that was originally published on Bread for the World's Bread Blog. I would understand if you thought my conclusions in that post seemed a bit like a math student who simply writes down an answer. Even though the answer is correct, you'd still like to know how she got there. …
Continue reading Making hungry people hungrier is unacceptable, Part 2: Showing my work
Note: This post was originally published on the Bread Blog. Have you ever been hungry? I mean, Really. Hungry. As in no-food-in-the-house-and-no-resources-for-getting-more hungry? I haven’t. Oh sure, there’ve been some months when expenses were bigger than income and I didn’t know how to pay some bills. But I’ve always had support - financial and otherwise …
Continue reading Deliberately making hungry people hungrier is unacceptable
At the end of last year I wrote about why my wife, Joann, and I support Bread for the World. Today, I think I can sum up our advocacy with and for Bread in two numbers: 2000 6% 2000 isn't much of a revelation. Along with others, I've been sharing that number for years. 2000 …
I had my usual for breakfast: a bowl of Kashi Go Lean cereal with raisins. (I prefer it with blueberries or raspberries though.) No word on what President Obama - or anyone else present - had for breakfast at this morning's National Prayer Breakfast. (Not that I looked that hard, mind you. And by "not …
“...Let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.” We read those inspiring, challenging words from the prophet Amos this past Sunday. It certainly is a beautiful image - justice, as strong as the tide rolling in yet as refreshing as a cool stream, coming for those in need. But for we …
"I'm praying for you." I must admit that far too often when I say those words to people experiencing pain, loss, grief, despair, they sound trite. Even though I mean it. Even though I'm actually praying for the person and the situation, I don't know how to say those words without sounding rote and insincere. …
Continue reading “We will work with each other, we will work side by side”
My wife, Joann, and I are proud members of Bread for the World. Why? Because, for example: "Is not this the fast that I choose? To loose the bonds of injustice...to break every yoke? ...It is not to share your bread with the hungry?" (Isaiah 58:6-7) The biblical call for justice compels us to raise …
This Sunday night is the first trial run for a new alternative worship gathering at my church. I'm definitely experiencing that typical emotional cocktail of excitement (We're doing something new! An idea of mine that others have helped birth!) and nervousness (What if no one attends? What if we suck? What if we think it's …
Welcome to another edition of my version of that blog post staple, the weekly recap/links roundup/info dump. My intent is to highlight stuff I came across this week (or, you know, at least fairly recently) that I found well-written or inspiring or bizarre or...well, or perhaps stuff so good I wish I’d written it myself. …
Summer is winding down, school begins soon for many and the weather is (finally!) outstanding, beautiful and inspiring. If you’re like me, that means your tolerance for reading some long missive from me is basically nil. Yet, the call to incarnate the love of God as experienced in the birth, life, death and resurrection of …
All That I Can't Leave Unsaid 